Luna found a skunk today, Ivy joined, thankfully I caught Liza in time.
I spent most of the morning washing Luna and Ivy with H peroxide, dish soap and soda mixture, then
baby shampoo, then conditioner, then repeat again.
They are clean enough to be in the house now. Oh the joys of having fur crazy dogs...
This is our first skunking, so hope it won't be repeated for many years, OTOH if skunks moved to the area... they're will be more, the only hope is that the dogs will stay away... we'll see.
Liza is developing nicely. She's very promising in her hunting attributes and she's totally adorable.
All of her front teeth are gone, canines are next.
I will introduce her to e-collar in August, so she's ready to go hunting wearing it in mid September.
She finds her own rabbits, gives chase with voice/tongue (laut as they say in Germany).
I spent most of the morning washing Luna and Ivy with H peroxide, dish soap and soda mixture, then
baby shampoo, then conditioner, then repeat again.
They are clean enough to be in the house now. Oh the joys of having fur crazy dogs...
This is our first skunking, so hope it won't be repeated for many years, OTOH if skunks moved to the area... they're will be more, the only hope is that the dogs will stay away... we'll see.
Liza is developing nicely. She's very promising in her hunting attributes and she's totally adorable.
All of her front teeth are gone, canines are next.
I will introduce her to e-collar in August, so she's ready to go hunting wearing it in mid September.
She finds her own rabbits, gives chase with voice/tongue (laut as they say in Germany).
oh my, Stella was chasing my uncles lab and i thought she was yelping... so this is a thing they do? She has chased a rabbit. finds their scent and tracks it to their poop and proceeds to eat said poop :( good little nose on her.
ReplyDeleteIt's common for dogs to yelp while chasing other dogs.
ReplyDeleteIf Stella 'gives tongue' while on a hot scent or on a sight chase, that's the voice on game. Experienced hunters can tell by the way the dog barks what game they're on.
thanks, she scented out baby bunnies in our yard tonight. Thankfully she didn't get them.... i would have been traumatized. her nose has kicked into high gear this week. We are trying to let her take her time exploring and smelling, just like the book you recommend says. :)
DeleteI hate to say it, but if she's anything like her mom, prepare to be traumatized. Lina caught her fist duck today (fully grown). She has previously caught (in no particular order) - rabbits (grown and babies), woodcock, robins, muskrat, groundhogs, let's not forget the skunk she tried just a few days ago ;)
ReplyDeleteI do try to keep them out of nesting areas of course.
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